Haibatullah Akhunzada

Haibatullah Akhunzada was the deputy of the Taliban under Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

Biography
Haibatullah Akhunzada was born in Afghanistan to a family of Sunni Muslim Pashtuns, and he became a Moulavi. On 31 July 2015, Maulavi Haibatullah Akhunzada was said to have succeeded Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as the chief of the Taliban after he allegedly succumbed to his wounds in a gunfight with other Afghan Taliban leaders in Quetta, Pakistan. However, it was unconfirmed if Mansoor died, and the foreign ministry of Pakistan and the Taliban both denied his death.